Recently, we at thepubsofyork.com finished reviewing all the pubs and bars inside the City Walls. Like a small boy who’s allowed to play outside his front garden for the first time, York’s premiere pub review website could not wait to spread it’s collective wings.
But despite shedding the geographical constraints that had forced us to review hideous puking dens such as Nags Head and Rumours, we didn’t initially venture too far from the stone walls that had previously restricted us.
There was no need to, for the Minster Inn, located on Marygate just behind the Museum Gardens, was always high on our ‘to review’ list.
Quite simply, it is one of the best pubs in the city, or any other city for that matter.
Iit’s not just us who think so. The Minster reguarly appears in CAMRA’s York branch ‘Best of’ lists, including most recently as the Winter pub of year 2009.
And there’s a whole host of reasons why everyone who finds it seems to like it so much. The mighty fine selection of well kept real ale it serves is certainly a big factor, as is the friendly and convivial atmosphere which we’ve always encountered.
Thankfully, this ambiance isn’t lost amongst noisy fruit machines or down the back of comfy leather sofas, it is lovingly enveloped in all four rooms, by the attractive interior, which for the most part, is a perfect example of an Edwardian pub and still contains many original features.
We’re not suggesting that anyone visits a pub solely to check out their lavatories, but, if If you’re needing any more reasons why the Minster Inn demands you pay it a visit, then the outdoor (in the literal sense of the word) toilets that nestle at the back of the pub, next to the small beer patio, should seal the deal. Unfortunately for all you new fathers out there, these facilities do not double as a baby-changing area.
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